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Massachusetts's 8th district

U.S. House district profile: the sitting representative, 2024 Census demographics (119th-district boundaries), partisan lean, and 2026 race rating.

Representative

Official portrait of Stephen F. Lynch

Stephen F. Lynch

MA · District 8
DemocratRanking Member, Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
Raised $910,160 · 100K followers (office + personal) · missed 7.0% of votes
24.9 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Financial Services +5 more
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Cook PVI: D+15

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population784,982
Median household income$118,563
Median age39.6
Bachelor's degree or higher55.1%
White alone64.0%
Black alone9.4%
Hispanic or Latino7.8%
Asian alone10.3%
Unemployment rate3.9%
Population density (per sq mi)2,676

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B01003, B01002, B19013 and related), 119th Congress district boundaries, released September 2025; land area from the 2025 Gazetteer.